Comments on: Judges: Slip-ups Made Boyle More Loveable

Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden: They Just Made Her More Human

[orsands]

Posted by hower4 at 1:16 AM : May 26, 2009
Like it or not, women need good looks to succeed.
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And what cave did you just crawl out of? Since when do women need good looks to succeed? One of the richest women in the world -Oprah- is not exactly a beauty queen. And if you were referring solely to musical artists only-you are still way off the mark. A good many opera singers are not exactly "beautiful". How about Barbara Streisand, Amy Winehouse or Janis Joplin?
You may be so shallow that you need the voice to match the face, but there are millions of us who have no problem listening to the sound of a beautiful voice and could care less if the person singing is "pretty" or not.

[CarolKraft]

She faltered for 2-3 seconds. What's the big deal. True professionals know this can happen in live performances. Take a look at the comments made by Rene in Piers Morgans Blog, she is a professional singer, voice trainer, and judge who gave an outstanding critique of Susan's Memories performance. I, myself, was in figure skating competitions. It is not how you falter, or what she falter on, it is how well you can bring it all together smoothly and Susan by all means went on to a fantastic performance. Judges look for the all round best performance and your personality helps a great deal in that rating. The public should stand back and take a closer look at the overall picture before racing to any hasty thoughts..opps she made one mistake. Susan in my opinion responded very well to the audience and brought the house down once again and sang beautifully on this very difficult piece. She wanted to top her Dream a Dream performance with Memories and she did accomplish this. Susan can and will sing whatever she wants in the final performance and it will be great! The judges nor anyone should fret no further on this.

[jackster12-2009]

To whomever made the "then you'll be giving yet more money" comment, tell that story to Paul Potts. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Potts) He's doing very well now, thank you. Besides, it's clear you don't know any singers yourself. I'm married to one. And even if she didn't get penny one from the sale of a CD (though of course that wouldn't be ideal), she'd be thrilled to know they were selling.

[sbfan87]

Piers
Please, please rethink your comment about Susan doing I dreamed a dream again for the finals. And Susan please hear me. I think you are awesome. But it would be a terrific risk to redo I dreamed a dream for the finals. Susan did such a phenomenal job with it and there are circumstances which help make it such a success that could not be duplicated - mainly the unexpectedness of its power. Yes, yes, yes we want to hear it again - over and over. But Olympic figure skaters and gymnastics pracice over and over to nail routines and do so in practice only to flounder in competition. The great Yul Brenner of The King and I fame once commented that he enjoyed doing the live performances because every performance was a bit different by nature. Susan - if you try to redo I dreamed the dream live for this competition it will be difficult if not impossible to do it exactly the same way and you risk problems when doing it live that it will be compared to your flawless first performance. If you perform something else and there is a problem it will not seem as bad.

[Meg003]

Her voice is lovely and she is getting the chance to share it with audiences. That is a major difference between Susan Boyle and so many other singers. Most people are not willing to put forth the effort and expose themselves to the risk of this type of competition.

In the same way, many people could claim they could write just as well as their favorite authors. The difference is between having the potential and going out there and doing something about it, then getting that lucky break that can happen only when you are persistent.

I'm loving her success and hope she will continue to get opportunities to perform, for that is want she seems to want most: to share her beautiful voice with people.

[rwsmith29456]

Even Pavarotti had bad days.

[ricmarc2001]

"................ then you'll be giving yet more money to the very rich men who are controlling this pathetic TV show and the world media circus around it. In less than a year she will be old news with no singing career, and maybe enough money to buy a small house in Scotland if she's lucky. Guess who will be a few million dollars richer?

Why do you think this woman got through the auditions? There are thousands of women working the small musical productions and clubs in the UK who sing just as well as she does. "

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there is one in every bunch who just has to **** on the parade.

[ROBACA]

Susan Boyle is an amazing person and has such a wonderful spirit. For those who do not recognize that should keep their opinions to themselves. She apparently never trusted her ability or she would have found a way to succeed earlier in life. I do wish her all the best. She is a beautiful person with a beautiful voice to match.

[ricmarc2001]

this little old man(51!) LOVES susan boyle. she has that vocal quality that you just have to love. listen to her not watching the screeen with your back turned. she sings like an angel.

[hetup-2009]

Just wonderful, all the best to Susan Boyle.